He spoke at every Microsoft FoxPro Developers Conference (DevCon)
starting in 1997 and at user groups and developer conferences all
over the world. He is one of the organizers of the annual Southwest
Fox conference. He is one of the administrators for the VFPX
VFP community extensions Web site. He was a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) from 1996 through
2011. Doug was awarded the 2006 FoxPro Community Lifetime Achievement Award.